Lauren Flake - Grief & Texas
When I was a teenager, I loved rearranging the furniture in my room. I rarely asked for help and would muster all of the strength in my tiny, adolescent body to push my loaded bookcase across that hardwood floor. Occasionally, I would end up hurting myself and wishing that I had asked my parents or my […]
The final guest post in this summer’s “Permission to Grow” series is written by my beautiful friend and fellow Austinite, Jamie Kingsley, who invites us to just say “YES.” Permission to Grow Healing opens the door for growth Looking back, I refer to my 20’s as “The Dark Years.” Deeply wounded, I continued to make decisions […]
This week’s “Permission to Grow” guest post comes from my For the Love launch team sister and Californian, Robin Lee, who shows us that even if we are messy, we are a masterpiece and work in progress, constantly made better by the painter, our Creator. Permission to grow Helping my best get better My friend’s heart was broken. […]
Last summer, God laid a book for women struggling with grief and depression on my heart. I rapidly wrote the waterfall of words cascading through my mind down in a journal over the course of a week, but, now, almost a year later, I have failed to complete my manuscript. I’m avoiding that draft because it just feels […]
This week’s “Permission to Grow” guest post comes from Kelly Nickerson. Kelly is a mother to two kids on Earth and four in Heaven. The Good Grief Girl teaches us not to “get over” our losses but, instead, to grow from them. Permission to Grow Joy in the Mourning I kept his room the same for […]